The Hokus pokus production is largely based on the effect of images and their miraculous power to awaken the imagination and evoke feelings. The completely unique stage design playfully draws the little audience into a magical whirlwind of characters and props appearing and disappearing. The red thread of the story is the fraternal relationship that gradually forms between the two dancers on the stage, both through the painful events that they are the architects of and on the other hand during the fantastic adventure that awaits them afterwards. Hokus pokus is one of the few contemporary dance productions for young audiences (for children from 7 to 11 years old). It aims to play out the viewer's imagination and encourages him to complete the freely constructed narrative line with his own story.
Philippe Saire (*1957), one of the leading figures of contemporary Swiss dance, has created approximately thirty shows, site-specific performances, short films and workshops. His choreographic work, often intense and carefully elaborated, connects visual arts, theater and film. Since founding his dance group in 1986, he has performed more than 1,400 shows in more than two hundred cities around the world. In 1995, Philippe Saire opened Théâtre Sévelin 36, his workspace in Lausanne dedicated exclusively to contemporary dance.
